Re: newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- From: Doug McIntyre <merlyn@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 16 Feb 2009 21:23:58 GMT
"Jeff Gunter" <JeffGunter@xxxxxxx> writes:
i recently acquired a Sparcstation IPC for free.
i'm looking for a bit of technical help getting it going.
i apologize if i'm aiming at the wrong group --
please point me in the proper direction. this is the first
post of any kind i've ever made, i apologize for any of the
various net-i-quette errors i've made. mention them and i'll
remember them.
It sounds like you have moved in the right direction for many
things.. You are just running into wonkyness.
First thing I'd try, different Solaris 2.6 media. Are you positive you
have a SPARC disc and not an x86? 2.6x86 wasn't all that popular
around that time, so I'd imagine not, but still...
'probe-scsi' looks like this:
ok probe-scsi
Target 3
Unit 0 Disk DEC RZ28M (C) DEC0466
Target 6
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device DEC RRD43 (C) DEC 0064
That looks good. I never did a RRD43 on a SPARC, but your comments
about 512byte block mode are right on for what is needed. Target 6 is good.
when i first started trying to get solaris running, i simply issued a
boot disk command. this resulted in 'bad magic number'
and 'does not appear to be executable'. the cdrom wasn't connected.
So, nothing is installed on the disk, or nothing usable at least.
'boot cdrom' tries to load a file sd(0,0,0)cdrom.
'boot (0,6)' gives 'does not appear to be executable'.
doesn't this mean the sparc is trying to load a file called
'cdrom' from the harddisk at sd(0,0,0) ?
Well, sd(0,0,0) doesn't sound right. Going by this FAQ
http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/scsi_info.html
Your IPC (a Sun 4/40) should be trying to boot sd(0,6,2) for the CDROM
It says sd(0,0,0) is internal disk1 on SCSI target 3.
Check your 'devalias' in OF. I don't have an IPC to check with anymore
what the devalias table should look like (well, I guess an IPX would
be close, but I'd be scared to power it on anymore). I wouldn't worry
about the 'cdrom' part of the boot string. I don't remember it causing issues.
Hmm, guess I have a SS10. This is what my cdrom boot alias is.
cdrom: '/iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@6,0:d'
The slice would be different for Sun4c vs. Sun4m.
q: given the 'probe-scsi' results above,
what _is_ the proper boot command to boot from the hard disk,
and to boot from the cdrom.
It should be boot sd(0,6,2)
If its really ancient, it might be boot sd(,30,3), but I don't think
the IPC was quite that ancient.
q: is the sparcstation
(Release 1.6 Version 151 created 90/06/26 17:57:27)
capable of booting from cdrom, and if so, why does it think
It should be, cd-rom was the normal installation media for the IPC IIRC.
Tape was fading out fast by the end of the Sun3's.
boot cdrom refers to 'sd(0,0,0)cdrom'...
isn't cdrom the file name it's looking for on hard disk at (0,0,0) ?
Check your devalias table..
q: when the sparcstation mentions what it can boot off of,
it mentions scsi disks, floppy disk, scsi tape, and network,
but not cdrom.
Probably an oversight. I've almost always booted Sun4c's off cdrom
(when not doing netboots).
q: is 2.6 installation media too recent for the sparc station?
if so, what version should i be aiming for?
No, 2.6 is fine for the IPC. Solaris 7 is the last release for Sun4c.
Either should work fine. I'd prefer 7 or 2.6, but not much difference.
q: does the hard disk data need to be moved below 512MB? lower?
the ssipc came equiped with the RZ28M,
but must i dig up a 1G or smaller drive anyway?
The Sun4c's need to boot from a partition which does not start or
end after 1024MB.
q: is it invalid to try to install solaris onto the hard disk
for the sparc station by using the e250 hardware?
does the wrong thing get written to the disk because it's
being done on the wrong type of machine?
Yes, the e250 is the wrong architech, although I'd think that you'd at
least see the bootloader before you get booted out for the wrong arch.
.
- Follow-Ups:
- Re: newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- From: Jeff Gunter
- Re: newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- References:
- newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- From: Jeff Gunter
- newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- Prev by Date: newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- Next by Date: Re: newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- Previous by thread: newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- Next by thread: Re: newbie - trying to install solaris 2.6 on sparcstation ipc
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
